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Norovirus outbreak reported at Belgian school; raw vegetables blamed

By News Desk on December 22, 2020

More than 150 students and staff at a school in Belgium fell ill during an outbreak of norovirus earlier this month, according to information recently released.

The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food…
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Norovirus outbreak in China linked to delivered food

By News Desk on April 8, 2020

Norovirus was behind a foodborne outbreak in 2018 caused by eating take-out food in China, according to a study.

The outbreak involved 157 probable cases and 20 people had laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections in two weeks…
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Increasing Food-Safety Education in Schools Could Reduce Foodborne Illness in Kids

By Lydia Zuraw on January 23, 2015

There’s a lack of food-safety education in schools that, if addressed, could help reduce the high rates of foodborne illness among children. Each year, an estimated 48 million Americans contract a foodborne illness, resulting in …
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How to Keep Bacteria Out of Your Child’s Lunchbox

By News Desk on August 21, 2014

With back-to-school season right around the corner, the U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to make sure that parents keep their kids’ lunches safe. Children are at high risk of contracting foodborne illness because their immune…
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Norovirus Shuts Down Arkansas School

By News Desk on January 22, 2013

Norovirus sickened more than 300 students at an Arkansas middle school last week, causing the school to shut its doors Friday. At least a third of the 900 children who attend Hellstern Middle School in…
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Food Poisons 849 Students at 16 Sabah Schools in 39 Incidents this Academic Year

By News Desk on November 5, 2012

Germany is not the only country dealing with a rash of food poisoning cases in its schools this year. At the Sabah Food Safety Carnival, held over the weekend, Malaysia’s deputy health minister said there…
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School Kids Chowing Down on Healthier Foods, But Who Are the Food Safety Cops?

By Cookson Beecher on September 19, 2012

The good news for kids this year is that they’re getting healthier foods in the meals they eat at school, thanks to new USDA standards that include a call for more servings of fruit and…
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Nearly Every State Opts Out of ‘Pink Slime’ for School Lunch

By Helena Bottemiller on June 6, 2012

Under a new policy that gave school districts the choice, only three states opted to buy ground beef containing the controversial Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA…
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Lawmaker Would Close California Schoolyards to Food Trucks

By Dan Flynn on March 7, 2012

For the former law professor who came up with the idea, it just moves around some pieces on the board in the name of fighting childhood obesity.  But for California’s fledgling food truck industry, it’s

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